Tbe,soules callrngto Ckzrit$, 4rg wicked people fay, that (wearers and drunkards goe onmerily laughing and rejoycing,and there Çhrifkíans they goe drooping. If this beegrace, faith one,Cod bleffeme from it ; there is a ftrug- l"rng &a ftrivingtoget a little grace, &affarance and poweragaiaf corruption, andyet for ought I fee, they havenomorecomfort than I have.Oh, walke humbly, yet cheerfully and comfortably ; haft thou any wants?faith will fuppiy them; hafk thou any feare of trouble for the time to come? faithwill cureallfeares; art thou weake and un. able todoe thisor that duty?faithwill finable thee to every duty required ; doe but beleeve, and ref( upon ChriR, and grace and ftrength will come, and thou (halt bee able to doe all things through Chriit that ftrengthens thee. Oh, faith one, this is a leffon for a Paul, and for the great Randers, theCedars in grace Ianfwer, Pauldoth not faybee did it ofhimfelfe, but by the power andgrace ofChrift flrengthninghim; andChrifi h3th as much ftrength and grace for thee, as hee had for Paul, if thou beleeve inhim, and reff in him:therefore goe thou thy way,and let us all be comforted; thou and I,and every poore Saint of God maydoe well through the grace ofChrifl that ftrengthens us.Thus muchofthe fourthufe, Hence in the next place weeconclude, that as thedifficulty isgreat ingetting faith, fo the bene- fit ofit when it is gotten, is everyway asgreat; therefore it is a ground ofadmirable comfort to all the fervanrs ofG©d, that through his mercy Gg g á have Y. fe
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